London, July 15 (ANI): Manchester United striker Rio Ferdinand appeared to endorse an racist accusation against Ashley Cole on Twitter.
The comments came after it emerged that Cole had betrayed his 'race' yesterday for the statements the Chelsea defender gave at John Terry's trial last week.
According to The Telegraph, in a response to a tweet from another user in which Cole was described as Terry's "choc ice" and a "sellout" Ferdinand responded with "I hear you fella! Choc ice is classic hahahahahahahha!" which meant dark on the outside but white inside, and is a derogatory one often aims at black people.
Terry was found not guilty of racially abusing Ferdinand's brother, Anton, in a case, which saw Cole called as a witness for the defence.
Terry's defence centred on his claim he had only said the words 'f------ black c---' to deny using them after Ferdinand had accused him of saying it to him during a heated exchange between the pair.
Rio's tweet was subsequently deleted from his page and the Manchester United defender, who Cole described as a "friend" in court, later tweeted: "And if I want to laugh at something someone tweets....I will! Hahahahaha! Now stop getting ya knickers in a twist!" (ANI)
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Comments:
Francois Hermann
July 15, 2012 at 5:24 PM
i feel that neither John Terry or Rio Ferdinand are racist, the judge in JT's trial stated that he wasn't. but if you are going to take JT to court for racist comments, then the same rule MUST apply to Rio too. JT has been found not guilty, let a court look at this evidence and decide if Rio is guilty or not. BUT EVERYONE MUST BE TREATED EQUALLY !!